Exploring ideas and engaging in conversation
On Tuesday evenings throughout October, at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, you can learn about New England furniture. The course, through Historic New England, will cover different styles each week (see below for more specifics). Work with senior curator of collections Nancy Carlisle to identify traits from different time periods.
Historic New England is hosting an event at the Otis House in Boston THIS SATURDAY, October 3, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM, showcasing their collection of wallpaper, which is the largest such collection in New England. Talk with the cataloguer of the collection, Peggy Wishart, about the evolution of pattern and material. See below for more information.
On Thursday, October 1, the Royall House & Slave Quarters is having an event at Tufts featuring a living history interpreter. Actress Tammy Denease will be performing a narrative inspired by the life of Belinda Sutton, a woman enslaved by the Royall family who later successfully petitioned the state for a pension after being freed.
Stop by the Crane Room on Tufts’s Medford campus from 6:00-7:00 to listen this important part of history.
This event is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Tufts University & The Royall House and Slave Quarters Museum, Medford MA
Next Thursday, October 1, the Greater Boston Museum Educators Roundtable (GBMER) is hosting a “working lunch” at the Concord Museum to talk about green practices in museums and how educators can get involved in the topic. The discussion will be led by Sarah Sutton, author of The Green Museum and Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums.
The program will run from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM, and requires an RSVP. For more information, check out the graphic below from the GBMER, or check out their facebook page.
If you’re looking for something fun to do, or have been putting of a museum because it’s too expensive, here’s your chance! This Saturday, September 26, is Museums Day Live, when many museums offer free admission for you and a guest when you show your “ticket” (sign up for an account at Smithsonian magazine).
Here is more information from BostonCentral.com:
“In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket… for free.”
For more information, click here. For a map of participating museums (including museums outside of Boston) click here.
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